Today we are dealing with your batting and your batting scraps.
Out of all the scraps, batting can take up a fair chunk of square footage in your sewing space. Not only are we dealing with scraps in all sorts of sizes, but we are also dealing with different types of batting.
And one of the top items you can make is often called Frankenbatting. It’s splicing the pieces together to make a bigger piece that you can use in your quilting. I explained how to do it in the video but the major point to make is that you should not mix up your batting types as they shrink at different rates.
So from your list of UFO’s and WIP's figure out their finished size. Then splice your batting pieces together to match them up. This is a WIN WIN WIN activity. You'll have the batting to finish a UFO. It saves you a ton of money. And you’ll get to recover a chunk of space.

From the remainder, how much and how many types do you want to store? Your answer should be a combination of the capacity you have to store batting scraps with the number of projects that you actually intend to make. Remember, you get batting scraps with every quilt. So if you are not consuming them, they will quickly overflow and take over.
I store my batting rolls at my studio. I decided several years ago to keep my life simple by only using only one type of batting. The brand can change but I stick to 100% cotton and the thickest I can find. I purchased my batting on a roll and I now store it under my longarm. And I have a laundry hamper for dumping my scraps after I trim my quilts.
As needs be, I process them here, then the smaller pieces go home to my studio. Currently I store 10” squares and 7"x13” pieces for my QAYG blocks. I keep a couple of 20 “ x 20” on hand for pillows and mini-quilts, and some postcard size pieces too. Then from the remains, I make bits and pieces. Which I store in bags at home. I combine them with polyfil when I need a pillow. I have a large bench pillow project in my UFO pile, and I think I will make up the pillow part now, to use up all these bits and get them out of my space.
Now you may have other kinds of stuffing. There is thermal batting, upholstery foam and wadding. You may have polyfill or silicone beads for stuffed animals, wool rovings or crushed walnuts for pincushions and more. When was the last time you used any of it? And do you see yourself making projects that use them any time soon.
Last year in a burst of post challenge energy I used my foam to make some square cushions which are used to rest my laptop on in my comfy chair...so it's at the right height.

So how many bags of batting scraps do you have? How are you going to use them up in the coming year? Don’t forget to share your stories in the comments, in the facebook group or on instagram with the hashtag #declutterchallenge2025.
Take care. See you tomorrow for day 19.
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